Fashion Photography Course: Principles, Practice, and Techniques: An Essential Guide Paperback – January 1, 2008

Eliot Segal is the only author whose books I recommend when it comes to fashion photography. This is an excellent source to give any photographer new to the industry the essential knowledge needed for guidance and direction. I highly recommend this book.

I read the book from cover to cover - an excellent resource and gives great tips though some are of basic level which every photographer should be familiar with but still has some pro level tips as well. A good book to add to your collection but this is just the beginning if you are serious about Fashion Photographer and I have been taking photos for over 30 years. - Heman - [...]

I was more influenced to buy this book based on all the reviews rather than the publisher's description. I suppose if you are just starting out and don't own a camera or lens, or want to start all over with recommended camera and lens for the job, then this is your book. It does take you from purchasing equipment, to shooting, to creating a portfolio-- so maybe it's exactly as advertised. However, from all the reviews, I got the impression there would be lots of tutorials on lighting and shooting (TECHNIQUES!), but there are not... then again, maybe I was expecting this to be more of a "how to shoot fashion photography" book rather than "how to become a fashion photographer"? For any experienced photographer most of the book will be nothing new. I returned my copy... But, kudos for the author, because it is a very good how to become a fashion photographer book. Having said that, you'd still need a lot of supplementing with other books or training, of course.

There's nothing more dissapointing than a book that talks about lighting, shows great pictures, but leaves you with no clue of how the shots were created.. This is not one of those.. It provides a manual guide to acheiving desired looks and effects. Positioning of lights, flags, reflectors, and everything you need to recreate the picture shown. I like the authors intro and views on fashion and photography, and the soul searching is definetely something I've found myself doing as I invest in gear, invest my time, and push myself with no immediate return.. Highly recommended..

I'm a fashion stylist, and teach classes in fashion design. I recommend this to my students who are getting ready to shoot their own portfolio shots. It's well written, and the concepts are well presented in luscious photographs.

This book is definitely for people who like the IDEA of fashion photography but who have never done it and probably never will. It glosses over each basic subject in a neat, two-page spread, with lots of basic information, but no practical "meat." Do you just wanna learn some buzzwords and find out how photo shoots work in general? Just interested in what the behind the scenes really looks like and the difference between over exposed and under exposed? Do you not expect any technical information at all, just basic concepts? Okay, then you'll like this book.But if you actually want to be a fashion photographer, you won't get much out of this at all, except maybe some vocabulary. If it truly is a "course" then it's the 101 course that most people skip anyway because it's so basic (in college I always opted for the 201 whenever available for that reason) There just isn't enough information to be useful at all. I'm only giving it 2 stars to be generous to the fact that there are some people who probably will enjoy this book, but people looking for detailed photography help/inspiration/guidance/technique are not included, and that's what I thought this book was for.

Can't say more than I am very much liking the richness informations in the book. I am not a beginner but a self thought photographer and the book just making me feel more confident of what I knew, and also learned a lot from it.

This book have a lot of examples for prepare a lighting set for portraits or shoot a fashion model but it doesn't have to much information of model posing. So if you want a very good book for fashion posing, this its not the book that you looking for. If you want examples of lighting set for posing then this book will help you.